pawel.gaul/iStock (NEW YORK) — A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti Saturday morning, the United States Geological Survey reported, which could exacerbate the island’s COVID-19 infection rate should displaced people be forced into closer confines. The Read More
Governor Kate Brown announced she will be deploying up to 1,500 Oregon National Guard members to support frontline health care workers as hospitals face a surge of hospitalizations due to the rapid spread of the Delta variant. Beginning Aug. 20, an initial 500 Guard Read More
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical depression Fred continues to produce heavy rain across central Cuba as of Saturday morning. Fred is located about 90 miles south of Key West, Florida, and moving northwest at 13 mph. Sustained winds are traveling at 35 mph with higher Read More
kali9/iStock (BENA, Minn.) — A 3-year-old girl was fatally shot by a 5-year-old boy in a home in Bena, Minnesota, early Friday, officials said. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an accidental shooting around 3:50 a.m. When deputies responded Read More
Motorists can expect delays of up to 20 minutes as road work begins on Highway 20, east of Sweet Home. According to ODOT: Paving on U.S. 20 from milepost 46 to 52, about 20 miles east of Sweet Home started Friday. Work Hours and Schedule Crews are working from 7 a.m. to 7 Read More
kali9/iStock (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — One student was killed by another in a shooting at a middle school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Friday. The shooting took place at about 12:45 p.m. local time between two male students during a lunch break outside Washington Read More
Angie Abbott (FORT WORTH, Texas) — A Texas mom is urging parents to send their kids to school wearing masks after she says her 11-year-old son was diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome a month after testing positive for COVID-19. Angie Abbott said she and Read More
Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (GALVESTON, Texas) — Twenty-seven vaccinated people who are on board the Carnival Vista cruise ship tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Belize Tourism Board. Twenty-six of the positive cases are among Carnival Read More
Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — A total of 440 students have been quarantined in Palm Beach County, Florida, due to COVID-19, just two days after the start of the school year, the Palm Beach County School District told ABC News. The Read More
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of House moderates is threatening to blow up Democrats’ plans of passing a $3.5 trillion budget resolution when the chamber is set to return the week of Aug. 23 unless the chamber also votes on the $1.1 Read More
